It's Summer time!

Congratulations to all students on finishing your courses. Have a wonderful summer, and I'll see you again next year!
*remember to have the summer assignment completed by the first day of school in August 2009.

Tuesday-Thursday, 6/9-11/09.

Composition
1. Vocabulary study guide, and fill in the study guide.

*remember to bring ALL Lord of the Flies journals the day of the final.

World Literature
1. Study for the final! You can do this by:
--Filling in the study guide
--Collecting any notes or old essays you'd like to use on the final

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Final Schedule
Wednesday - periods 1 & 2
Thursday - periods 3 & 4
Friday - periods 5 & 6

Monday, 6/8/09.

Composition
1. Vocabulary study guide, and fill in the study guide.
2. Bonus point essays are due tomorrow (typed, of course!). Remember, these essays are mandatory (required) if you are in danger of failing the course (D/F grades) and optional for bonus points if you are not.
Bonus point essay options:
Mask essay
Fire essay
Critical lens essay
"The Scarlet Ibis" & LOTF essay

*remember to bring ALL Lord of the Flies journals the day of the final.

World Literature
1. Study for the final! You can do this by:
--Filling in the study guide
--Collecting any notes or old essays you'd like to use on the final

Final Schedule
Wednesday - periods 1 & 2
Thursday - periods 3 & 4
Friday - periods 5 & 6

Thursday, 6/3/09.

Composition
1. Vocabulary study guide.
2. Bonus point essays are due on Tuesday (typed, of course!). Remember, these essays are mandatory (required) if you are in danger of failing the course (D/F grades) and optional for bonus points if you are not.
Bonus point essay options:
Mask essay
Fire essay
Critical lens essay
"The Scarlet Ibis" & LOTF essay

*remember to bring ALL Lord of the Flies journals next week.

World Literature
1. Study for the final by filling in the study guide handed out in class today.
2. Full The Joy Luck Club essays are due (typed) on Monday. Remember, the essays are mandatory if you are in danger of failing the course (D/F grades) and optional for bonus points if you are not.

Wednesday, 6/3/09.

Composition
1. Essays on The Lord of the Flies are due tomorrow. Essays must be:
-typed in Times New Roman 12 point font
-double-spaced
-complete
-stapled to all planning sheets (final drafts on top)

Essays due tomorrow!

World Literature
1. If you are doing the full The Joy Luck Club essay, it is due on Monday.

Tuesday, 6/2/09.

Composition
1. Continue working on the Lord of the Flies essay: Get CDs for your paper, and start writing the CM for them.

World Literature
1. Essay introductions for The Joy Luck Club are due tomorrow, TYPED.

Monday, 6/1/09.

Composition
1. Finish essay introductions and start getting concrete details (CDs).

Here are the prompt choices:

A. After you have read and thought about Lord of the Flies, write a unified essay about human nature as revealed in the novel. Using evidence from the text, develop a controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

B. After you have read and thought about Lord of the Flies, write a unified essay about innocence (or the loss of innocence) as revealed in the novel. Using evidence from the text, develop a controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

C. After you have read and thought about Lord of the Flies, write a unified essay about order and anarchy as revealed in the novel. Using evidence from the text, develop a controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

*------------Essays due on THURSDAY-----------*

World Literature
1. Socratic Seminar circle discussion Questions (discussion tomorrow)
2. Joy Luck Club essays: Introduction paragraphs due Weds. - TYPED

AFTER SCHOOL HELP on essays TUESDAYS: 10th grade only